Complaint 1627114
2012 TOYOTA SIENNA • POWER TRAIN • incident Nov 19, 2019
Crash
No
Fire
No
Injuries
0
Deaths
0
- Complaint ID
- 1627114
- Make
- TOYOTA
- Model
- SIENNA
- Model Year
- 2012
- Component
- POWER TRAIN
- Incident Date
- Nov 19, 2019
- Date Received
- Dec 9, 2019
- Data As Of
- Sep 1, 2026
Complaint Summary
POWER TRAIN
Owner Narrative
MY 2012 SIENNA AWD XLE HAS 103K MILES AND HAS A WHIRRING NOISE COMING FROM THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL AREA FOR A WHILE NOW. THE PITCH AND VOLUME IS PROPORTIONAL TO SPEED AND IS LOUDER AS SPEED INCREASES. MY RESEARCH TELLS ME THIS IS A COMMON DEFECT WITH THE COUPLING BEARINGS IN FRONT OF THE REAR DIFFERENTIAL. IT SEEMS THAT RAV4 OWNERS GOT A RECALL FOR THE SAME ISSUE, BUT SIENNA OWNERS DID NOT. TOYOTA HAS REDESIGNED THIS PART ON LATER MODELS TO AVOID THE ISSUE. HOPE YOU CAN GET THIS RESOLVED. THANKS.
Owner-submitted narrative on file with NHTSA. Complaint narratives are self-reported and have not been verified.